About the DS200AAHAH1AED
The DS200AAHAH1AED is a GE created ARCNET LAN Driver Board. This board was produced to be a component of the GE Mark V LM series of Speedtronic hardware. This board is no longer being supported by GE and may be a little hard to locate. Please consult AX Control for the availability of the DS200AAHAH1AED because we do attempt to keep it in stock. While this DS200AAHAH1AED PCB's greater Mark V Series may exist as a legacy product series, it also is one of the final General Electric Speedtronic product series to make use of the patented Speedtronic control system technology first introduced with the rollout of the Mark I Series in the late 1960s. This DS200AAHAH1AED printed circuit board or PCB for short is not the original ARCNET LAN Driver Board created for insertion in the Mark V Series automated drive assembly; that would be the DS200AAHAH1 parent ARCNET LAN Driver Board not making use of this DS200AAHAH1AED device's three significant product revisions.
Hardware Tips and Specifications
The DS200AAHAH1AED is a PCB that was meant to function within the MARK V’s control panel. It is also identified as an ARCNET Connection Board (AAHA). Like its name would suggest, this board is designed to act as a connection that links the main Control Engine and external drives to the ARCNET. The control engine actually resides within the <R> core. Two AAHA boards are actually needed within the <R> core. One of the boards needed by the core is a board that connects the COREBUS to the <R> core. In doing so, the control engine is allowed to communicate to the I/O cores that are also held within the <R> core. This board also can connect to the PANA board. The second board grants a Stage Link connection to the user interface and the <R> core. The DS200AAHAH1AED is a very small and simple board. It has three communications ports on the top side. The leftmost port isn’t actually used and is an EBNC port. Beside of it are the ARCBNC-A and ARCBNC-B ports. On the bottom right-hand corner of the top flat side is a 2PL connection port. In the center is an APL 10-Pin Connection port and on the bottom left-hand corner is an EPL connection that is also not used. Luckily enough for our sakes, this DS200AAHAH1AED printed circuit board product offering's greater Mark V Series instructional manual materials detail all of its available connectors specifically, so interfacing potentials with other Mark V Series products should come easily. The specific connectors specifically include:
- The 2PL TCPS Board Power Distribution Connector
- The APL AAHA and PANA Boards ARCNET Connector
- The ARCBNC A ARCNET Communication BNC Connector
- The ARCBNC B ARCNET Communication BNC Connector
- The EBNC Connector
- The EPL Connector
All of these previously-listed connectors in the assembly of this DS200AAHAH1AED product offering have been named through a combination of their factory-printed nomenclature labels, Mark V Series compatible products and interfacing opportunities, and finally their specific Mark V Series automated assembly intended application. The EBNC and EPL Connectors in this DS200AAHAH1AED printed circuit board product offering have not been named in this manner because, as referenced before, they exist as vestigial structures not meant to be accessed during normative functionality of this DS200AAHAH1AED ARCNET Connection Board. Before making any final purchase decision on this DS200AAHAH1AED PCB, it is crucial to understand that its originally-indicated performance specifications and dimensions have surely been altered as a function of its possession of a full three-fold revision history containing two functional product revisions and an artwork configuration revision.
Generally, this DS200AAHAH1AED device's voltage suppression and limitation strategy involves its normal Mark V Turbine Control System Series assembly's acceptance and incorporation of a specialized series of voltage-limiting hardware components and component specifications, including different styles of Mark V Series capacitors, resistors, transistors, diodes, and specialized integrated circuits as delegated in this DS200AAHAH1AED device's originally-printed instructional manual documentation. This DS200AAHAH1AED product's hardware and software configuration is not possible outside of General Electric factory settings, as delegated in the DS200AAHAH1AED Data Sheet made available for your convenience in our handy manuals tab above. Only this DS200AAHAH1AED product offering's first two significant product revisions can actually be considered backwards-compatible, given the fact that they exist as matching functional styles of Mark V Turbine Control System Series product revisions. This DS200AAHAH1AED product's third, D-rated revision is solely responsible for the placement of individual pieces of circuitry and Mark V Series hardware components on this DS200AAHAH1AED device's base printed circuit board.
